CAIRO -

Egyptian political, judicial and media figures mourned Judge Ahmed El-Shazly, Vice President of the State Council (Administrative Judiciary), and head of the circuit that issued a final and final ruling on the Egyptianness of the islands of Tiran and Sanafir.

And Egyptian media reported, quoting judicial sources, that El-Shazly died yesterday evening, Tuesday, in a hospital in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after a struggle that lasted nearly two weeks with the new Corona virus.

The Supreme Administrative Court, held under the chairmanship of Counselor Ahmed El-Shazly, had ruled in January 2017 to reject the State Litigation Authority’s appeal against the Administrative Court’s ruling invalidating the border demarcation agreement signed between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Judge Ahmed El-Shazly said in his ruling that "Egypt's sovereignty over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir is cut off from them," explaining that the court was unanimous in this ruling, and affirmed that the two islands are Egyptian.

Counsellor El-Shazly was born in 1955 in Basyoun Center in Gharbia Governorate (north of Cairo), belonging to the family of Lieutenant-General Saad El-Din El-Shazly, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces in the October 1973 war. He received his legal education at the Faculty of Law at Cairo University and graduated in 1976 with a very good grade. Then he obtained two diplomas in public international law and administrative sciences.

Al-Shazly joined the State Council in the class of 1976, then moved in the judicial section of the Council for a period of more than 30 years between the Commission of Commissioners, the Administrative Court and the Supreme Administrative Court. .

The late judge was also a member of the oath of the First Circuit of the Supreme Administrative Court, which issued rulings supporting the invalidity of the privatization of a number of public sector companies, such as the “Omar Effendi” and “Tanta” linen companies. with professional and labor unions.

The communication sites were filled with posts of obituaries and memorials for the late deceased, in which judges and lawyers participated, as well as politicians, journalists and media professionals, calling for him to have mercy and to inspire his family, students and lovers patience and solace.

I was


deeply

saddened by the


news of the


death of #Counsellor_Ahmed_Al-Shazly,


one of the most prominent and honorable people I knew


who judged the State Council.

Ruling on me while I am requesting to be re-elected for the Student Union elections

He ruled for me the right to write and pray while I was in detention

He ruled that I had the right to my passport while I was in exile outside my country

May God have mercy on the great deceased pic.twitter.com/rnrmdFp5ga

— Ayman Nour (@AymanNour) October 26, 2021

All words of condolences will not describe what we have lost. One


of the fairest judges has passed away, siding with legality and justice even in the most difficult times. He deserved the appreciation and admiration of everyone who approached his podium.


And issued the ruling of the Supreme Administrative support of the Egyptian Tiran and Sanafir.


May Allah have mercy on him and enter him into your vast gardens.# Farewell_for_the_counsell_galle__Ahmed_Al-Shazly pic.twitter.com/OuYUK7ksCD

— Khaled Ali (@Khaledali251) October 26, 2021